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I. i Looking for love? Romeo, Romeo, where for art thou Romeo? Try page 6. See a&e page 6&7 'IIP r-1 .o n I, I r AW Monday, January 26, 1998 www.weber.edusignpost Volume 60 Number 46 irrnnwr ir ni -i C? n r- rr Tn r3 h - Caught on tape: custodian arrested for thefts By Taylor S. Fielding managing editor-The Signpost A 45-year-old Weber State University custodian confessed to numerous thefts from offices and other areas in the Stewart Library after he was caught on tape taking change from a desk drawer. Ivan Leroy Chavez of Ogden is no longer employed at the university according to Larry Field, custodial foreman for WSU. Chavez gave police a written statement after Weber State Police Detective Tom Lowder and Sgt. Dane LeBlanc brought him in for questioning. In the statement, he admitted to taking change from desks in various ' Crime on campus areas of the library, a pair of leather gloves from an office desk and in one case, over $33. In addition, he admitted to taking two pairs of headphones from media services in the basement of the library. The headphones, which had not been reported stolen, were recovered at Chavez's home, police reports state. The headphones are valued at $14 each, according to Rachael Gruis, a library assistant working in Stewart Library's media services. Interlibrary loanmediaoutreaci coordinator Peggy Pierce said the theft of change from employees' desks is unsettling. "It leaves people feeling like their privacy has been invaded," she said. Security has been tightened at the library since Pierce started. "I've been here several years," Pierce said. "We've put alarms on all of the equipment in media services. We've locked up desks and files everywhere in the building." Pierce said the increases in security were something that all of the staff had to learn and become accustomed to. "I leave this office many times during the day it's always locked. Everyone in the building does; it's something we've had to learn to do," she said. "We'd like to trust everyone, but we're guarded." Chavez was caught in the act by a hidden camera that had been placed in the office of Lonna Rivera, where several thefts had occurred. According to police reports, money was taken from a filing cabinet locked with a combination padlock in a library office in early November. At that time, Lonna Rivera and Peggy Pierce discussed the possibility of installing a hidden camera in the office with Lowder. Before the camera, a security bar and a different lock were installed on a filing cabinet-containing large amounts of money, Pierce said. However, once the hidden camera was installed, a combination lock previously used was put back onto the cabinet. The actual installation of the camera did take sometime because of the backlog of work faced by the electronic systems department, and after it was installed, the Christmas holiday made it difficult to pinpoint when items had disappeared. "We were patient," Pierce said. "In one instance, a report wasn't made See Thefts page 3 SFRC preparing for more requests v By Patrick Parkinson campus affairs editor-The Signpost After hearing about half of this year's student fee requests, the Student Fee Recommendation Committee, last Tuesday, had its 9-percent ceiling ratified by student senate. The vote was overwhelming. Science senator Hans Jenkins, who was not in attendance at the meeting , was the only senator who voted against it. "Everyone that was there voted for it," Aaron Campbell, student body president, said. Tuesday, the SFRC will field requests from The Signpost , KWCR and We ber State University's debate program. Michael Bryant, director of debate at WSU, has requested $49,000 in student fees for the program, a 13-percent increase from last year's allocation. The debate program's budget proposal, which indicates that WSU is the only school in the nation in the 1990s to win national championships in all three forms of collegiate debate, says the largest percentage increase will fall under capital outlay. The team has requested a lap-top computer with which to do online research. The program's 13-percent overall increase is $5,600 more than what it received last year. $4,000 of which, the proposal says, will be used to accommodate rising out-of-state travel costs. Members from WSU's media are also scheduled to present to the SFRC tomorrow. The Signpost's budget has experienced a $5,000 overall increase. Without projecting extra income to balance the increase, The Signpost has requested $39,000 from the SFRC, the same amount the newspaper received from the committee last year. "I don't think we could get more," said Taylor Fielding, managing editor of The Signpost. Fielding is concerned the SFRC may weigh the newspaper's $45,000 carry-forward too heavily in their decision. The carry-forward, of which $23,350 has been allocated for an updated computer system, is made up of surplus advertising dollars the organization has left over from past years. Part of the carry-forward's $21,650 emergency fund will be required in 1998-99 to soak up the newspaper's $5,000 capital-outlay discrepancy.If The Signpost receives their request, they will continue using $35,000 of the fees to pay their external printing costs. The other $4,000 will subsidize a portion of the organization's See Requests page 9 One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish? Fish and acquatic plants will soon make their return to a pool in Tracy Plaza between the Shepherd Union Building and the Browning Center now being remodeled. See complete story on page 8. Students to evaluate teachers on web By Rand Mickelson news writer-The Signpost Teacher evaluations will be available starting Feb. 9 to Weber State University students on the Web. A group of WSU students has formed an organization called Student Teacher Evaluation Website to allow students to research other students' opinions of instructors on the Internet. "Basically it will give students online access to evaluations on teachers," said STEW president Evan Thomas. "Students want to express themselves, and a lot of students, I can promise, want to hear opinions and are interested in what other students have to say about their teachers." Thomas said the questions will be similar to the evaluations students fill out at the end of the quarter. Questions such as if the teacher tested according to the information given in lectures and assignments and if students felt the teacher gave the class hisher best effort. STEW will take the answers, compile them and put them on the Internet. During this week, members of STEW will be setting up tables around campus where students can fill out evaluations at the Stewart Bell Tower, in the Shepherd Union Building, outside the bookstore and by the social sciences building. STEW is not currently affiliated with WSU. "We do have the support of student government, but are not in any way connected with the university," Thomas said. Another group of students tried previously to work with the faculty in creating an evaluation system, but students were never given access to WSU evaluations. Members of STEW plan to begin by using their own evaluations, but hope to attain access to WSU evaluations in the future. Thomas said although they are not currently sponsored by WSU, they are eager to receive the support of instructors and administration. "I would much rather be associated with the college. It's something that I think the college can wield as a trophy. I'd like to see the college use it." See Evaluation page 3 inside post news seepage 2 &3 editorial see page 4 a&e see page 6 SpCftS see page 10 Classifieds . . . .see page 12

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I. i Looking for love? Romeo, Romeo, where for art thou Romeo? Try page 6. See a&e page 6&7 'IIP r-1 .o n I, I r AW Monday, January 26, 1998 www.weber.edusignpost Volume 60 Number 46 irrnnwr ir ni -i C? n r- rr Tn r3 h - Caught on tape: custodian arrested for thefts By Taylor S. Fielding managing editor-The Signpost A 45-year-old Weber State University custodian confessed to numerous thefts from offices and other areas in the Stewart Library after he was caught on tape taking change from a desk drawer. Ivan Leroy Chavez of Ogden is no longer employed at the university according to Larry Field, custodial foreman for WSU. Chavez gave police a written statement after Weber State Police Detective Tom Lowder and Sgt. Dane LeBlanc brought him in for questioning. In the statement, he admitted to taking change from desks in various ' Crime on campus areas of the library, a pair of leather gloves from an office desk and in one case, over $33. In addition, he admitted to taking two pairs of headphones from media services in the basement of the library. The headphones, which had not been reported stolen, were recovered at Chavez's home, police reports state. The headphones are valued at $14 each, according to Rachael Gruis, a library assistant working in Stewart Library's media services. Interlibrary loanmediaoutreaci coordinator Peggy Pierce said the theft of change from employees' desks is unsettling. "It leaves people feeling like their privacy has been invaded," she said. Security has been tightened at the library since Pierce started. "I've been here several years," Pierce said. "We've put alarms on all of the equipment in media services. We've locked up desks and files everywhere in the building." Pierce said the increases in security were something that all of the staff had to learn and become accustomed to. "I leave this office many times during the day it's always locked. Everyone in the building does; it's something we've had to learn to do," she said. "We'd like to trust everyone, but we're guarded." Chavez was caught in the act by a hidden camera that had been placed in the office of Lonna Rivera, where several thefts had occurred. According to police reports, money was taken from a filing cabinet locked with a combination padlock in a library office in early November. At that time, Lonna Rivera and Peggy Pierce discussed the possibility of installing a hidden camera in the office with Lowder. Before the camera, a security bar and a different lock were installed on a filing cabinet-containing large amounts of money, Pierce said. However, once the hidden camera was installed, a combination lock previously used was put back onto the cabinet. The actual installation of the camera did take sometime because of the backlog of work faced by the electronic systems department, and after it was installed, the Christmas holiday made it difficult to pinpoint when items had disappeared. "We were patient," Pierce said. "In one instance, a report wasn't made See Thefts page 3 SFRC preparing for more requests v By Patrick Parkinson campus affairs editor-The Signpost After hearing about half of this year's student fee requests, the Student Fee Recommendation Committee, last Tuesday, had its 9-percent ceiling ratified by student senate. The vote was overwhelming. Science senator Hans Jenkins, who was not in attendance at the meeting , was the only senator who voted against it. "Everyone that was there voted for it," Aaron Campbell, student body president, said. Tuesday, the SFRC will field requests from The Signpost , KWCR and We ber State University's debate program. Michael Bryant, director of debate at WSU, has requested $49,000 in student fees for the program, a 13-percent increase from last year's allocation. The debate program's budget proposal, which indicates that WSU is the only school in the nation in the 1990s to win national championships in all three forms of collegiate debate, says the largest percentage increase will fall under capital outlay. The team has requested a lap-top computer with which to do online research. The program's 13-percent overall increase is $5,600 more than what it received last year. $4,000 of which, the proposal says, will be used to accommodate rising out-of-state travel costs. Members from WSU's media are also scheduled to present to the SFRC tomorrow. The Signpost's budget has experienced a $5,000 overall increase. Without projecting extra income to balance the increase, The Signpost has requested $39,000 from the SFRC, the same amount the newspaper received from the committee last year. "I don't think we could get more," said Taylor Fielding, managing editor of The Signpost. Fielding is concerned the SFRC may weigh the newspaper's $45,000 carry-forward too heavily in their decision. The carry-forward, of which $23,350 has been allocated for an updated computer system, is made up of surplus advertising dollars the organization has left over from past years. Part of the carry-forward's $21,650 emergency fund will be required in 1998-99 to soak up the newspaper's $5,000 capital-outlay discrepancy.If The Signpost receives their request, they will continue using $35,000 of the fees to pay their external printing costs. The other $4,000 will subsidize a portion of the organization's See Requests page 9 One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish? Fish and acquatic plants will soon make their return to a pool in Tracy Plaza between the Shepherd Union Building and the Browning Center now being remodeled. See complete story on page 8. Students to evaluate teachers on web By Rand Mickelson news writer-The Signpost Teacher evaluations will be available starting Feb. 9 to Weber State University students on the Web. A group of WSU students has formed an organization called Student Teacher Evaluation Website to allow students to research other students' opinions of instructors on the Internet. "Basically it will give students online access to evaluations on teachers," said STEW president Evan Thomas. "Students want to express themselves, and a lot of students, I can promise, want to hear opinions and are interested in what other students have to say about their teachers." Thomas said the questions will be similar to the evaluations students fill out at the end of the quarter. Questions such as if the teacher tested according to the information given in lectures and assignments and if students felt the teacher gave the class hisher best effort. STEW will take the answers, compile them and put them on the Internet. During this week, members of STEW will be setting up tables around campus where students can fill out evaluations at the Stewart Bell Tower, in the Shepherd Union Building, outside the bookstore and by the social sciences building. STEW is not currently affiliated with WSU. "We do have the support of student government, but are not in any way connected with the university," Thomas said. Another group of students tried previously to work with the faculty in creating an evaluation system, but students were never given access to WSU evaluations. Members of STEW plan to begin by using their own evaluations, but hope to attain access to WSU evaluations in the future. Thomas said although they are not currently sponsored by WSU, they are eager to receive the support of instructors and administration. "I would much rather be associated with the college. It's something that I think the college can wield as a trophy. I'd like to see the college use it." See Evaluation page 3 inside post news seepage 2 &3 editorial see page 4 a&e see page 6 SpCftS see page 10 Classifieds . . . .see page 12